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Re: MG--Clicking Noise

To: Athleterep@aol.com, mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: MG--Clicking Noise
From: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton)
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 20:43:03 +0600
Athleterep@aol.com wrote:
>Three out of the last 5 times I have turned off the ignition in my 77B, I
>have heard a very rapid clicking noise just after I have turned the key to
>the off position.

That's the anti run-on valve.  It's supposed to keep the engine from
dieseling after shutdown, but all it really does is make that stupid
clicking noise.  Not a sign that anything's wrong, just a reminder that
British Leyland execs couldn't extricate their heads from their arses.

I disconnected the wires on mine, and I've never noticed its absence.
If I ever use low-grade gasoline, engine pinking becomes a problem long
before dieseling.
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Jay Tilton  |  jtilton@vt.edu


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